Head shield



April 22, 1947. L, K R H 2,419,284

HEAD SHIELDS Filed Sept. 14, 1945 INVENTOR WITNESSES:

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BY W aa arwf ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 22, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEHEAD SHIELD Marion Louise K. Reich, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application September 14, 1945, Serial No. 616,191

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in head shieldsfor use under hair driers and it is among the objects thereof to providea head shield to be worn under a hair drier which shall be adjustable tothe size and contour of the wearers head, brow and neck to assurecomfort to the wearer with full protection against the blast on theneck, ears and face of the user. It is another object of the inventionto provide a sectional deflection shield for protection against a hairdrying blast in which the parts are shaped to coact in a manner torender adjustment simple and to hold the parts securely in theiradjusted position.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a blastdeflecting shield which may be constructed of suitable availablematerials to be of light weight and durable and readily sterilized.

These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent froma consideration of the accompanying drawing, constituting a part hereof,in which like reference characters designate like parts, and in whichFig. 1 is a View in perspective of a blast deflecting shield embodyingthe principles of this invention;

Fig. 2 a side elevational view, partially broken away, of a portion ofone of the coasting shield parts;

Fig. 3 a similar view of a portion of the other of the coacting shieldparts; and

Fig. 4 a top plan View of an articulate shield formed by the coaction ofthe end portions of the cooperating shield parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In the drawing reference numeral I generally designates a. front portionof a deflecting shield and the numeral 2 a rear portion which is joinedto the front portion in any suitable manner as by means of lugs, slotsand screw clamps, as will be hereinafter explained. The shield membersare constructed of a suitable material, such as a plastic of rathersubstantial thickness, as shown by the edge 3, to permanently maintain acurved shape which, however, is changeable due to the somewhat flexiblenature of the structural form of the material. The plastic material,such as Lucite, is premolded to form a brow section 4 which provides aseating surface on the brow of the wearer of substantial contact area,the portion terminating into a visor shield 5 which is of a length andsufliciently flared to assure that the hot air blast coming from thedrier above the wearers head is completely deflected without impingingupon the face of the wearer. The visor portion 5 terminates at a placeabove the ear of the wearer and is provided with rounded ends 6,although this particular shape is unimportant.

The rear section 2 is provided with a neck portion 1 that constitutes ashield for the neck against the impinging blast from the drier, the neckportion being straight to hug the neck, as shown, and, like the visor 5,is of sufficient length and flare to protect the neck and to prevent theblast from passing downwardly on the wearer.

The rear portion 2 terminates in enlarged ends or lugs 8 which cover theears of the wearer to deflect the blast, and the lugs or ends 8 arerounded as shown at 9.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the rear section 2 is provided with an arcuateslot It) and is further provided with pins or dowels ll which lattercoact with the straight slots H of the front section I when assembled,as shown in Fig. 1. Clamping screws l3, having thumb nuts l4, extendthrough both the straight and arcuate slots l2 and I 0, respectively,and function to clamp the front and rear sections to their adjustedposition as effected by the coaction of the pin II in the slots l2 andby the coaction of the arcuate slot [0 with the clamping pin 13.

The parts are assembled by inserting the dowels ll of the rear shieldportion through the slots l2 of the front shield portion, which latteroverlaps the ends 9 of the rear shield portion. The screw clamps 13 arethen inserted with the flat end of the screw on the inner face of theshield and the thumb nuts I4 extending on the outside of the shield. Bymeans of the adjustable slots and screw clamps and the coaction of thedowels with the slot l2, the shield may be adjusted by separating orcontracting the same radially and the visor and neck shield portions maybe raised or lowered to conform to the shape of the wearer as desired.Once adjusted to the proper position the thumb nuts M are turned toclamping position to securely hold the parts as adjusted.

It is evident from the foregoing description of the invention that ahead shield as therein illustrated and described is self-contained andselfsupporting on the wearers head and adjustable to conform to theshape of the head. It is shaped to protect all exposed portions of theface, ears and neck of the wearer against the blast from the drier abovethe wearers head and it is of relatively light weight and durableconstruction.

Although one embodiment of the invention has 3 been herein illustratedand described, it is evident to those skilled in the art thatmodifications may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the principles herein set forth.

I claim:

1. A head shield for Wear under a hair drying apparatus which comprisesa visor and neck piece preformed to an arcuate and flared shape of aflexible material capable of retaining its contour surface shape whilepermitting change of size of its arcuate form, the visor portion beingprovided with a brow engaging area, preshaped to effect contact over alarge portion of the brow and flaring downwardly in a forward and sidedirection, said visor portion terminating at substantially thetransverse center of the shield, and said neck portion having a surfacecontour adapted to engage the neck at substantially the hair line andflaring outwardly, rearwardly and sideways with the ends terminating inlarge portions for shielding the ears, and means for adjustablyconnecting the ends of the visor and neck portions whereby they areadjustable radially with respect to the geometrical center of thecomposite shield and also angularly to adapt their upper peripheries tothe head contour of the wearer.

2. A head shield for wear under a hair drying apparatus which comprisesa visor and neck piece preformed to an arcuate and flared shape of aflexible material capable of retaining its contour surface shape whilepermitting change of size of its arcuate form, the visor portion beingrovided with a brow engaging area preshaped to effect contact over alarge portion of the brow and flaring downwardly in a forward and sidedirection, said visor portion terminating at substantially thetransverse center of the shield, and said neck portion having a surfacecontour adapted to engage the neck at substantially the hair line andflaring outwardly, rearwardly and sideways with the ends terminating inlarge portions for shielding the ears, and means for adjustablyconnecting the ends of the visor and neck portions whereby they areadjustable radially with respect to the geometrical center of thecomposite shield and also angularly to adapt their upper peripheries tothe head contour of the wearer,

.4 said adjusting means comprising a plurality of dowels extending fromone of said joined members coacting with a slot in the other of saidmembers, and a clamping pin extending through the said slot and anotherslot in the other of said members.

3. A head shield fOr wear under a hair drying apparatus which comprisesa visor and neck piece preformed to an arcuate and flared shape of aflexible material capable of retaining its contour surface shape whilepermitting change of size of its arcuate form, the visor portion beingprovided with a brow engaging area preshaped to effect contact over alarge portion of the brow and flaring downwardly in a forward and sidedirection, said Visor portion terminating at substantially thetransverse center of the shield, and said neck portion having a surfacecontour adapted. to engage the neck at substantially the hair line andflaring outwardly, rearwardly and sideways with the ends terminating inlarge portions for shielding the ears, and means for adjustablyconnecting the ends of the visor and neck portions whereby they areadjustable radially with respect to the geometrical center of thecomposite shield and also angularly to adapt their upper peripheries tothe head contour of the wearer, said adjusting means comprising aplurality of dowels extending from one of said joined members coactingwith a straight slot of the other of said members, and a clamping pinextending through said straight slot and a curved slot in the other ofsaid members.

MARION LOUISE K. REICI-I.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,323,515 Cary et al July 6, 19432,124,431 Praytor July 19, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date6,944 British Feb. 18,1915

